Home & Dry in Normandy
Home & Dry in Normandy
George East
Kr 74,-
- Utgiver:
- Orion Publishing Group
- Forlag:
- Orion Publishing Group
- Utgitt:
- 2010-08-26
- Kategori:
- Diverse
- ISBN:
- 9781409105824
- Språk:
- Engelsk
- Pris:
- Kr 74,-
- Format:
- Epub / Kopibeskyttet
HOME & DRY IN NORMANDY is the first of two books
following the adventures of George and Donella East as they
try to realise their dream of living the good life in rural
France. After months of property-hunting, the couple arrive
at The Mill of the Flea, a dilapidated and long-abandoned
eighteenth-century water mill set in ten acres of fields,
woods, streams and mud in the heart of the magical Cotentin
peninsula of Normandy. There, the Easts set about
renovating the farmhouse and tiny mill cottage on a
shoestring budget.
As they struggle to adapt to a very different life and
culture, the Easts find themselves with an unofficial
estate manager as Rene Ribet moves on to their land in his
ancient caravan. Rene will, he says, help them learn the
ways of the countryside while returning the mill to its
former glory. To the innocents abroad he appears a godsend.
To the locals in the nearby village of Nehou, however, Rene
Ribet is known as The Fox of Cotentin, notorious for his
wily money-making schemes. Financial success eludes the
couple but they gradually find their place amongst the
characterful locals and develop an unlikely and enduring
friendship with Rene. As the seasons pass, the couple
finally realise that the real treasure has been around them
all the time...















